For the first time in my life, I cried after getting knocked out of a poker tournament. It wasn't for me, it was for Rob. Rob was the man who made poker what it is today. He was the inspiration behind Late Night Poker, The Poker Show and everything that was a million miles ahead of...

This place wears everybody down eventually. You'd hardly recognise that confident lot that breezed into town about six weeks ago thinking and acting like it was going to be so easy. Their own mothers wouldn't know most of them now. At least the noise level has gone down. The free drink...

I was at the cage in the Bellagio the other day. While I was hanging about waiting to get my affairs sorted out I overheard a conversation between two of the cashiers. They were looking at two photographs of a guy and one said to the other: "This can't be the same guy, he looks forty...

They say God made whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world. They're right of course but every now and again He cuts us a little bit of slack, just for the laugh. This year he chose the $10 000 pot-limit Omaha to give us a day out. And what a day out it was. Two Irish made the final...

There's a new champion every day now. Some great, some good and some that would send you back to buying lottery tickets with new fire in your belly. That's why there is a game. Over time, you can work out which is which. Some guys get lucky once, the true greats write history. The stats...

I set a new record the other day. Last year I was the youngest player ever to lose his money in a senior's event at the WSOP. This year I became the only guy in the history of the event to lose his money before his 51st birthday. When I decide to set records, I don't fuck about....

Lots of Europeans think American comedy went into terminal decline after Bilko. They are sorely mistaken. My favourite comedy show on American TV is called "The News". A few days ago they hit new heights. They opened up with a pretty good "Ten Percent of Americans Think Obama is a...

It's a winning or a losing thing. Depending on your stack size, a player walking by the Rio with a ridiculous brand new nickname can make you feel like either laughing or puking. If Martin Wilson had been born 30 years later he'd probably be known as "Supersonic Marty" if his...